1965 Harley Davidson Panhead Motorcycle

Very rare 1965 Harley Davidson Panhead Softail motorcycle. I have owned this motorcycle for 18 years. This motorcycle has the number 3 Softtail frame of 26 frames produced by Roadworks in 1981. Harley Davidson eventually bought the patent from Roadworks for the soft tail frame that was eventually was put into production by Harley-davidson in 1984.. This is a well-documented motorcycle by Ironworks magazine in 2003. This frame was built before the Evolution motor was produced in the soft tail frame by Harley Davidson as you can see by the clearance in the top cylinder. An Evolution motor would not fit into this frame because it is taller and had not been produced yet. The designer of this frame Bill Davis of Roadworks has his prototype in the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, isconsin right next to the soft tail frame. Bill Davis was instrumental in the design of the soft tail frame. Willie G Davidson of Harley Davidson owns the number one frame. This is the number 3 frame. Notice how the seat strut curves in the original design.This pan head has been updated with a late model 5 speed transmission, tarter, nd electronics. It has new tires, DO speedometer, lectronic distributor. And a new 89 inch stroker motor. This is registered as a historic vehicle, urns heads everywhere and starts everytime. The picture of the black bike in the museum is Bill Davis' design and the only bike in the museum that was not produced by Harley Davidson. Notice the sub shock under the seat. For Harley to put a frame in their museum not designed by their engineers says a lot about the importance of the softtail to the company. Willie G. Davidson bought the patent and the number 1 frame from Roadworks with a panhead motor in it in 1981. Mine is the number 3 frame. The rest is history. This is a nice collector or museum Bike!

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